Resilient cushioning device for the heel portion of a sole
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A43B-013/18
A43B-013/20
출원번호
US-0978568
(2004-11-02)
등록번호
US-7353625
(2008-04-08)
발명자
/ 주소
Ellis,Todd
Swales,Geoffrey
McInnis,William
Bates,Paul
출원인 / 주소
Reebok International, Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C.
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18인용 특허 :
113
초록▼
A shoe includes a sole for cushioning a heelstrike. The sole includes a midsole, an optional outsole, and a resilient cushioning device. The resilient cushioning device includes a bottom component, a top component sealingly attached to the bottom component, wherein the top component includes a corru
A shoe includes a sole for cushioning a heelstrike. The sole includes a midsole, an optional outsole, and a resilient cushioning device. The resilient cushioning device includes a bottom component, a top component sealingly attached to the bottom component, wherein the top component includes a corrugated sidewall. The resilient cushioning device is a closed system that contains a fluid, such as a gas either at atmospheric pressure or pressurized. The resilient cushioning device may have only one interior compartment or a series of compartments fluidly connected to one another. The resilient cushioning device is partially embedded within the midsole in a heel region of the sole, although at least a portion of the sidewall of the resilient cushioning device remains visible from the exterior of a shoe sole.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An article of footwear, comprising; an upper; a sole attached to said upper, said sole having a heel portion and a forefoot portion, a resilient cushioning device disposed within said heel portion of said sole, said resilient cushioning device comprising a generally flat bott
What is claimed is: 1. An article of footwear, comprising; an upper; a sole attached to said upper, said sole having a heel portion and a forefoot portion, a resilient cushioning device disposed within said heel portion of said sole, said resilient cushioning device comprising a generally flat bottom component and a top component having at least one contoured portion sealed along a perimeter thereof, wherein said top component and said bottom component define an interior volume and wherein said top component includes a sidewall having a plurality of stepped ridges increasingly protruding from said top component to said bottom component and wherein each stepped ridge comprises at least one wall substantially perpendicular to said bottom component. 2. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said top component of said resilient cushioning device includes a sloped region opposite said sidewall, such that said cushioning device is generally wedge shaped. 3. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said resilient cushioning device is generally curved and conforms with a perimeter of said heel portion of said sole. 4. The article of footwear of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of said sidewall of said resilient cushioning device is visible from an exterior of said sole. 5. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said sole further includes a midsole component having an at least one recess therein, said at least one recess being capable of receiving at least a portion of said resilient cushioning device. 6. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said sole further includes an outsole covering at least a portion of said sole wherein said resilient cushioning device is positioned within said sole. 7. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said resilient cushioning device includes a horseshoe-shaped chamber that corresponds to at least a portion of a perimeter of said heel portion of said sole. 8. The article of footwear of claim 7, wherein said resilient cushioning device also included an annular chamber fluidly connected with said horseshoe-shaped chamber, wherein said annular chamber is disposed within the same plane as horseshoe-shaped chamber and positioned within an area surrounded by horseshoe-shaped chamber on at least three sides. 9. The article of footwear of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of said annular chamber is defined by said contoured portion of said top component and a corresponding contoured portion of said bottom component. 10. The article of footwear of claim 8, wherein said annular chamber is fluidly connected with said horseshoe-shaped chamber via at least one conduit. 11. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein said at least one conduit is defined by one of said at least one contoured portion of said top component. 12. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein at least three conduits fluidly connect said horseshoe-shaped chamber and said annular chamber. 13. The article of footwear of claim 12, wherein a first conduit is connected from a first location on said annular chamber to generally a first end of said horseshoe-shaped chamber, a second conduit is connected from a second location on said annular chamber, which is about 90 degrees from said first location on said annular chamber, to generally a central portion of said horseshoe-shaped chamber, and a third conduit is connected from a third location on said annular chamber, which is about 180 degrees from said first location on said annular chamber, to generally a second end of said horseshoe chamber, which is opposite said horseshoe-shaped chamber from said first end. 14. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said interior volume is filled with a fluid. 15. The article of footwear of claim 14, wherein said interior volume includes air at ambient pressure. 16. The article of footwear of claim 14, wherein said interior volume includes a pressurized gas. 17. The article of footwear of claim 8, wherein said annular chamber is positioned with said shoe sole generally beneath a calcaneus bone of an intended wearer's foot. 18. A shoe sole, comprising: a midsole having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface being closer than said upper surface to a ground-contacting portion of said shoe sole, a resilient cushioning device disposed within said midsole along a periphery of a shoe sole, wherein said resilient cushioning device is a fluid-tight container that includes a sidewall having a plurality of stepped ridges increasingly protruding from said upper surface to said lower surface of said midsole and wherein each stepped ridge comprises at least one wall substantially perpendicular to said lower surface; wherein at least a portion of said sidewall is visible from an exterior of said shoe sole. 19. The shoe sole of claim 18, wherein said resilient cushioning device is disposed within a heel region of said shoe sole. 20. The shoe sole of claim 18, wherein said resilient cushioning device is filled with air at ambient pressure.
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